The diet of feral house cats (Felis catus) at a regional rubbish tip, Victoria

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Hutchings, Susan ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; WASTE FACILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037692786     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR99067     Document Type: Article

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